moll

Etymology 1

From Moll, an archaic nickname for Mary (see also Molly).

noun

1. A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
   The nostalgic canonization of the Kennedy presidency, the perfect antidote to the Nixon stench, was befouled by the revelation of Jack Kennedy’s mob-moll paramour. 2014-07-31, Frank Rich, “A Distant Mirror”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
2. A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.
3. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female.
4. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a bikie.
   The bikies ‘molls’ included Susan Lloyd as Tart; Victoria Anoux as Flossie; and Rosalind Talamini as Sunshine. 1979, Eric Reade, History and Heartburn: The Saga of Australian Film, 1896-1978, page 209
   ‘Oh God!’ groans Julie who once was a bikie moll back in the early seventies. ‘Hope it′s no one I know.’ But the Machismos turn out to be based on a New Zealand gang, which assembled in Australia after her time. 1995, Debra Adelaide, The Hotel Albatross, page 76
   Gilling first appeared as the biker′s moll Vanessa in Stone (1974) and the beautiful, evil cabin attendant in Number 96 (1974). 2009, Albert Moran, Errol Vieth, The A to Z of Australian and New Zealand Cinema, page 142
5. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense.
6. (slang) A female fan of extreme metal, grunge or hardcore punk, especially the girlfriend of a musician of those aforementioned genres.

Etymology 2

German Moll, from Latin mollis (“soft, tender, elegiac”). Compare molle (“flat (in music)”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål moll.

adj

1. (music, obsolete) minor; in the minor mode
   Bach's Gavotte in B Moll